Maydena


Maydena is a locality in Tasmania, Australia, alongside the River Tyenna.
Maydena is on the Gordon River Road, south west of New Norfolk, through the Bushy Park Hop Fields, past the Styx Valley, turn left at Westerway, past Mount Field National Park and Russell Falls, through Tyenna and Fitzgerald townships and then up to Maydena itself. Gordon River Road continues to Lake Pedder, Lake Gordon and Strathgordon, in the Southwest National Park of Tasmania.
At the 2006 census, Maydena had a population of 245.
Maydena has a state primary school and a community online centre.

History

The 3' 6" gauge railway line in Maydena was once used for hauling timber and osmiridium ore, as well as a way point for the Dam builders up at Strathgordon. A portion of the disused rail track is now being used by a pedal powered 'Rail track riders' tourist attraction.
Maydena Post Office opened on 1 May 1944.

Climate

Maydena has a cool, rainy oceanic climate. Some winter nights drop below freezing, the average winter daytime temperatures average between and. The summer is mild with temperatures averaging around to at night rising to to during the day. Rainfall averaged annually and an average of 219.3 days of rainfall.